Oven-feeding device.



No. 891,816. PATBNTED JUNE 30,1908. A. W, UOPL'AND.

OVEN FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1902.

2 SHBETS`SHEET l.

No. 891,816.' PATBNTED JUNE 30. 1908 A. W. GOPLAND.

'OVEN PEEDING DEVICE] APQLIOATION FILED JAN. 31. 1902.

2 SHEETS-:SHEET 2.

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i to leringx emot 4ism to receive all oi" 'ALEXANDER W. GOPLAND, DETRIT, MIGEGAN.

@VEN-FEEDNG DEVICE.

To all @ultimi it '.nefy concern:

Be it known. tiret l, ALEXANDER Vlr. Cerf LAND, residing at Detroity in tlie county of ll'vayno and State of lvlieliignn, e citizen of tile United States, have invented certain new sind useful improvements in @Ven-Feeding le- Vieesfo'i" which the following is a specifice- 1 in to the tion, reference being liao me. coni )anying drawings.

T ie invention. relates to mechanism ior autolnaticaily feeding out dough into leaking ovens, being especially designed for in the manufacture of crackers and small The mechanism is especieily applieeple io that type of ovens in which the dough during the time of baking is supported upon a rotatif; carrier or reel having e. pinielity which are periodically registered with tlie oven opening se that tlie cooked may ne removed and e fresh charge of donga placed thereon. ln its broader 'features lloro ever the invention is applieeole to other types of oven.

In the present state ol the ertit has been the usual practice to il'eed ovens 'of' above referred to by hand. This requires the attention of e number of Workmen Wlio Whenever the pan of the earrier brought in registration with the oven opening and the cooked produet remoyed therefrom, recliarge said pan by successively depositing sections of the out dough thereon. The sections of dough ere conveyed irren the Vcutting chine to the oven pen upon a shovel or peel and are deposited on tire letter liy a quiok l Witlidranf'el of tlm peel so as to slide it from beneath the dough.; en operi'ition requiring considerable sluiten tlie part oi' tno workmen. After e. ruil y I D upon thc 'die reel is rotateu e been placed l vieienlly r nan into registi-M1011 with the oven opeiing and this operation is also usually Controlled oy hund.

lt the object of the present invention to provide ineelienieal devices to automatically perform all the operations above described, viz., the periodic feeding oi the out dough into tile ove the peeling of it upon tlie pan oi' the o carrier, end (ne subsequent rotation of said oren verrier or reel to bring' another pan into registration with the oyen openmg.

it is a 'further olijeet to :Lulapt this mechantlie clit dough as Specification o" Letters Patent.

the type' refereed. time 3o, i908.

Application flied January 31, 19122. Seriell lio.

deli?.T red from the cutter; to arrange the outv dough in proper form for a clierge sind to automatically insert end peel said elie-rge,

the lat-ter operation being accomplished durinto the oyei'i Quell iirst be arranged into eli having dimeneions cori-esperar n2 to tliose I the nan.

Then inif'ention ooneists in tlie means elnployed for automatically feeding find deliverin;J 'tile cl'iafige'oi ont dough into the oven. Fur-tirer in me .ineens for areuniuletine the dough from e, constantly operating cutter into charges corresponding; to the sizes of 'the baking pens. Further in tlie ineens whereby one olierge is delivered upontlie penduring 'the interval in which the succeeding charge is accumulated. Further in ineens for sl'iiltingl the oven carrier during the interval between the delivery of succeeding Charges llurtlier in the mechanism employed for peeling the charge upon 'the Oven carrier pen and iurtiier in certain features of construction es will be more lfully hereinafter desorioed andeleinied, l l

i the drawings, Figure l is o diagram- Yration oi' one construction oi' my' ier-,l feeder epeciail. illustrating the oyen feeding nieoliainsni livr 'the dougii tw ,retirer with coopcantiney mechanism for shil'ting: tlie oyen carrier. Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the mechanism l'or receiving .the out dough from the cut-ting machine and accumulating it into charges. Figi. is a sectional elevation of a portion of the charge accumulating meolizinisni.' Fig, 4 is a cross section", ol1A 'the seme. Fig. 5 a diagram- .motie elevation oi a iiio liiied construction.

Fig. a diagrannnatio plan thereof.

ln describing" my mechanical feed l shall malle use Wherever possible of terms eorre'- :Spending totliose used in the trade to describe the lie-nd operation. Thus the incr-lu L ratchet woo H upon' the sam; E 1. 'ith which v sind pavfl adapted to mgluge zo as to int-ate 3.16. fool by tigo mm'omoni; of the rook mm.

. The fool; arr shown. as connected with o 'pu rod i winch {meiscs to the front of the oven and lspo'vla ed with :L hook l' adapted uom of 'zo bo peooalyngaged with the @mm1-.511g device hoeiilotor to bs described.

J is a. food apron for 11 sheet of out dough from :L cutter (ooi shown).

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'This outel ii'imo rsonstoool'l 'but lah is adapted to voormefmo' l .o ne vcr on uniotoimpt ed sum) u, out dough 'such for instance as n lacprocoting or a rotarv cutter. ./Xdjafzmxt o his apron is mmogfeJ the stripper adopto receive a section 05"; h@ cui. pr'oduo. and than to transfo? it to H10 oven feodiog cuffie?.

n nib tho somo 'i oiph- ..1 a on auch roi] zum. 'uitero fs ooomod o n. common rotary N asmV :.rdopro. n. ho rotation. of Said head 0 'paws yzwoon tho rois H.. Eoo. of the 'fingere has soouiod ther-@to bot o1.' @odiosa omror U which is imiad in Width to poss bommen the. os K. The 'belts pass over mui-.ys at one sul `'.V'xch are sooux'ocl io n. common shaft- P" journaod in the rot-ary h-z-m 5N. A?. ooo om?. ofhis Shaft is a 'whoo Q adopted in one 'oositon of the hood b.' to como imo mesh Wtf; the drive go ,r R, joul'naod in stationary bearings, and thus to .be driven 'breoy and to nous@ the Tho rotary ivoyml from the. ing bho omi of the .i K tho houd N wi be Voir-.tod `ly to poss.' ono serios of fingers M upward boweou lxeros so ma: lo M the out gjn'fniuct '-fhox'orom 1d to Carry i2.- u'pwur-d, Tho movemento; tho h mi N arrested when the ome-.y @nds of the ogers M como into a Hacen fo with h@ mi of he own earner S, which afor is prol mblf in the f rm of 'nu endless bolt ox' apron which is porldcay Pointed. The 1mdk minimo For driving the apron is 5.o owd tm. tho movomooft Wil bo mpm'ied iw:- tho apron Wheuovor rho Rogers 31 om in mijnconco "uhffreio. Tho divo gom' H is uw; positioned So Limi whf 1 the ngors am in tho position above stowed the gem.' yQ' will come no mosh. with the ggf-'m' R tooo' g" musing 9.1i. of tho bote: 0 to bo driven. [mi Shown 11.1 Fig, l the evo of h@ 'oior bod is wow Limiof the Corrie? S and Mms when Hw move- .ment of the, 'ogcys M is: m'resod' thm' iii be, ih@ 'ba-io 'omm Lm sscion of cui. dough fo'eou From too def :'ipton as thus for given it wi im understood thm sec/@ions of cui'. dough w be pori odioay ifed from ofi' the a'olloa" had by me fingers M and hen fed by i. o rotation of The boli-S i'om off said on #im corra' S.

The Currier i5 is pa'eemby' @dammi o `cobro?. phna'li'y sou'tzmo o' ibo cui dough which im ucoefosiwsy hora ud pavo sdjoazont Sio @aL-". oifmf- 'Num' if 'w Width of tho food apron J foi' 'ibo cui ouoh is hon tho With of the 'pon if s. Smil" cient number of sootions piacer@ upon 'the carrier S i /o re quired Width.

'The S for' prodice'y mov.

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l stationary bearings.

adapted when the latter has reached the limit of its inward movement to be slid thereon until it comes into registration with the pan Any suitable mechanism may be employed for causing the travelingoi the earriage T .and the trame U thereon but as shownithis comprises a rack c on the carriage frame which meshes with a pinion d journaled in The frame U has secured thereto a pinion e Which meshes with racks on the carriage frame and on which they are adapted to travel. The pinions e are secured to a common shaft 'which is 2,5 driven from a shaft g at right angles thereto gitudinally thereon.

secured to the carriage frame by means ot intermeshing bevel gears h and i. both being journaled in the frame U and the latter being splined to the shaft g so as to travel lon- 'lhe shaft g is connected by bevel gears j and l: with a gear Wheel Z and the latter is arranged in the same vertical plane as the gear wheel m. This gear Wheel is so positioned that 'When .the carriage T is moved to the limit of its in- Ward movement the gear Wheel l will come into mesh With the gear Wheel m and cause the .rotation of the shaft g vvbuzh through the bevel gears it and li will drive the pinion e and cause the latter to travel along the rack j'. This movement Willl cause the traveling of the frame U in its sliding bearings until the carrier S comes into registration with the pan.

-As before stated the carrier S ispreferably adapted to receive plurality of sections oi' the eut product before it is fed inward to the oven. In order that it' may receive these sect-ions the carrier apron is driven by the 40 roll 11. 'which has connected thereto the gear Wheel o and the latter' is in mesh 'With the gear 'Wheel p journaled in stationarybearings, Whenever the carrier S is in its normal or retracted position. The gear Wheel. p is timed to move synchronously with the movement of the belts (l uponjthe fingers M and thus the carrier S is caused to travel at the same speed as the belts t) during the transfer. As soon however one section of the prod uot is transferred to the apron S the Inovement of the gear 'Wheel y) is arrested and remains at rest until lanother section is to be transferred. Thus the two sections will be placed adjacent to each other upon thecarrior apron i5 so as to form the charge.

and

After the trame U and carrier S have been projected into the oven the reversal oi the dl'ive mcclmnism will cause them to be again retracted, the frame U lirst moving outward afterwards theI .carriage T traveling back to its initial position. `This reverse, movement is cll'ccted by a suitable` trip mechanism controlling thi` movement of the gear .wheels of and 'In and actuated b v the .final inward movement ot tluil'rame U. As

eea-sie patent Which l am concurrent y tiling herewith l deem it unnecessary to further describe the same.

As the carrier S mmfes outward it is neeessary that the charge j thereon be peeled ofi therefrom and on to the pan (l. This is accomplished by connecting the pinion e to the roll n through the .medium of a ratchet eonneetion q, the latter being so arranged that when the trani-e U is traveling inward the movement oi e pinions will not be imparted to the roll but when said frame is moving outward the roll will be driven and the carrier S eause'd 'to travel inward at the same speed as the trame is moving outward. The inner end or the earrier S preferably passes around a thin bar r so that the movement of the apron around this bar will cause the out' dough thereon to be deposited upon the pan as the frame Tl moves outward. The carriage frame T is provided with a shoulder or detent iior engaging with the hooi; l. This Yvill cause the outward movement of the Carriage to drauf' upon 'the rod l and rook the arm lD and thereby cause the pawl G to rotate the ratchet wheel H and Vturn the reel7 earn l2 and bearing l serving to disengage the hook l/ from` the detent alter this movement. yThus the pan u on. which the charge has been deposited will thus be carried away from the oven opening l) and another pan registered therewith. During the interval in which theoarriage is stationaryv thc attendant can remove the cooked produe't from the pan lby raking it out or in any other suitable way.

ln Figs. 5 and .6 l have shown. a modifica` tion ot my apparatus in which the greater i part of the mechanism shown in the other igures is dispensed with and a pneumatic. carrier is arranged for transferring the cut dough into the oven. As shown J is an extension et the dough feeding apron which extends across thespaoe in front ot the oven opening. V is the carriage adapted to be reeiprocated towards aud ronuthc oven lV are arms projecting from said carriage carrying at their free ends a pneumatic dough litterX. The arrangement is such that in the outer position oi the carriage V thc pneumatic lilter X is arranged just ubovctho car- .rier apron J while in the inner positron of Cri which is ol `ith the device constructed described dropping the dough from thepcrforated plete onto the oven pnn.

lf necessary the hollow pl* e luy may be nino connected oy thc farli/e :n with n sonrcc nl' compressed nir which will insure the dci'nchmcnt ot nil of the dough. l

,ln Fig. o the arrangement is thcsnnie :is in Fig. 5 with 'the additional l'ezitnrc that thc Scction iirst lifted in' the pncnnniiic lifter X is iicnipornrily dcposilcd upon :L shell" Y in odian-cure to thc apron J' and` in the succeeding operation is again lil'lcd together with the second section hoth being cnrried into the oven :ind simultaneously deposited npon the pnn. This hitter constrnetion permits o( dcpositing the charge npon the oven pun renter width ihnn the colnnin nl' cnt dough l'rom the cnttc-r. it is ol" course necessary with this coind'inction that the width of the pnennnitio litter he `Qnilicient l'or it to lilt hoth sections simultaneously. if dcnix'od the lifter may he nnnlc in two sections lroin which thc nir muy he scpnrntcly cxhnnntod. This will permit oi lirst lifting one section ole the dongh hy thc iorwzird scction ol" the lifter and of thon registering the reni' section of the lil'tcr with the carrier and snhscdncntly lifting oli' :i Second section ol' dough licrchy/ Both sections` cnn thcn'hc moved into the oven :ind Simultaneously dcpositcd npon the pini.

ilfhnt l claim :in my invention is:

i. The conihinsngion ith an oven .having n intend opening, ol n dclircry mechanism i'or delivering` cnt dough ndjnccnt to the oven, und n reciproci).ting dovicenl'or 'picking np :nid transferring the ont dongh from the delivery mechanism through scid opening` into the oven.

2'. The combination with an oven having an external constant delivery for cnt dough :1nd having n lntcrnl opening, olf reciprocating;a nicchnnism lor pcriodicnlli' ')icliingnp :in nccnninlntml chingo olI dough from the delii'cry incchxnisni und dclivcring it through sind opening into the ovc 5%. -'l`hcmnnhiimtion with :in oren having it interni openingY ol' :t device `for liccding cnt dough Section5w tht-rein comprising n. carrier, ineens movnhle transversely of 'tho carrier lor pickingr np the rg@ therefrom' amd movingv and delivi, n he sanne transversely through sind openin@ onto n receiver in the een@ in oven, sneh 'feeding device maintaining arrangement of the dough sections nnfhs tnrbed, 4. The combination with en ovon limi .5 aiV leteml opening/of n feeding device for on dough comprising reciprocating carrier, means for picking up and sn porting the chingo thereon externally oi t e oven and' delivering .sind charge through said opening Within the oven. u 5. in an oven 'feeding device, the combi-- EnationA of n carrier for n cnt dough strip, mezins for transerrmg n multiple ol 'sections oi such strip 'end coileeting them with the longitudinali edges oi the Section oi the strip side by side to make a charge, and mechanism for intermittently transferring such charge into an oven.

6. The combii'iation with an oven. of ay carrier l'or feeding.; ay series of cnt dough seo tions ndjnocnt to the oven` and means for gathering euch dough Sections linnn the oa rrier npon :m oven feed carrier eide by side7 and menne for causing said oven 'feed carrier to deliver the sections in n single charge into thc oven..

7. In :in oven feeding device, the combi-- nation ol a reciprocating carrier mhtptcd to leed the sections into :nfoven and withdrinv therefrom, ot n stri per for dniivering the sections on sind reciprocating terrier.

8. The combination ol nn oven feed cnrricr adapted to deliver n charge into the oven und withdraw therefrom, of a charge stripper adapted to feed a multiple of scotionbol the charge side hy side thereon.

9. lin in ovcn feeding device the combinan tion ol n stripper comprising :i frame, a beltthereoin means 'for r ,ciprocnting the'stripper in relation to ,n receiving' device und for irrivincr tho belt dnringthc feeding or return movement, to deliver the charge thcrcl'roni to thc rcccivii'ig device.

l (lA 'lhe coinhin ation with :ri-cel oren inw inn' :t inter-:il opening, of e. carrier for iii-inging' cnt dough adjacent to Suid oven, and n reciprocatintr transfer device for delivering the cnt dough through sind openingl into the oven, depositing il'. upon :i 'shelf thereof, and withdrawing.

1l. The combination with a reel oven hav ing zilnteral opening and a. series of sheives or pans within, a carrier for bringing ont dough adjacent to the oven, and a reeipre eeting tranSler device for taking the dough AAfrom the cnrrier amd delivering it t0 n shelf or pan in the oven.

12. The combination with a rotary or tmvclingy oven having a lateral opening, oi a carrier 'for bringing the ont dough adjacent to sii-id oven,4 of mechanism moving trans versely relativo to the carrier for liting the Vent dough .from the. top of Said carrier and 

